Ah, of course. No, English was my only language at the time. I studied French in grade school but have no more than a few words of it left—that said, the underlying grammar, which is similar to Spanish, probably didn’t just disappear. I also took a couple Latin courses in high school, but never became very proficient and again, only retained a few words and a rough understanding of structure. When I began learning Spanish it was all very new and quite difficult at first. I do think my strategy was a good one, though. The week I spent taking private lessons was devoted to grammar and grammar alone, on my insistence, and it paid off. En mis viajes fue muy útil.
Ah, of course. No, English was my only language at the time. I studied French in grade school but have no more than a few words of it left—that said, the underlying grammar, which is similar to Spanish, probably didn’t just disappear. I also took a couple Latin courses in high school, but never became very proficient and again, only retained a few words and a rough understanding of structure. When I began learning Spanish it was all very new and quite difficult at first. I do think my strategy was a good one, though. The week I spent taking private lessons was devoted to grammar and grammar alone, on my insistence, and it paid off. En mis viajes fue muy útil.